DISTANCE LEARNING 2000 - The 16th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning August 2-5, 2000 - Marriott Madison West - Madison, WI

The Conference Planning Committee of the 16th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning invites you to join more than 1,000 colleagues from around the world at this leading forum on distance education and training. It will offer more than 125 presentations featuring keynotes, workshops, panel discussions and information sessions that examine a wide range of critical success factors, practical applications, teaching methods, course designs, innovative solutions and future developments in distance learning. Speakers include Dr. Linda Harasim of Canada's TeleLearning Network of Centers of Excellence and Dr. Frank Mayadas, Program Director of Sloan Foundation's Asynchronous Learning Networks.

Breakout sessions and workshops will emphasize:

• Effective approaches, strategies and techniques
  
• Planning and management guidelines
  
• Successful teaching method
  
• Evaluation and case studies
  
• Media center "How to" presentations
  
• Course designs for active and collaborative learning
  
• Innovative approaches, solutions and research

For the complete program, visit the Web site at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/. To receive a printed brochure, e-mail: distel@education.wisc.edu or call: 608-265-4159. Include your postal address.

Call for Nominees for the Mildred B. and Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for the Outstanding Practitioner in Distance Education. Send five copies of the submission, including exhibits, by June 15, 2000 to: Dr. Chere Campbell Gibson, Chair Graduate Program in Continuing and Vocational Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1050 University Ave. Madison, WI 53706.

GWETC 2000 Supporting Teaching and Learning - The 8th Annual Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference October 10-12, 2000 - Dane County Expo Center & Sheraton Hotel - Madison, WI.

GWETC 2000 - Get in Touch with Technology - October 10-12, 2000 at the Dane County Expo Center & the Sheraton Hotel, Madison, WI. (GWETC) supports Teaching and Learning via Technology and brings you vital current information and "best practices" from all levels of education and training from across the state. To date, there are 17 labs and workshops scheduled, 17 poster sessions and 162 one hour sessions. Keynote speakers are: Edward D. Barlow - Creating the Future, Inc.; James E. Schnitz - Education Strategy Executive, IBM and Mary Moen - Media Consultant with The Discovery Channel.

New this year - GWETC will offer the following tracks:

• Curriculum Integration
  
• Distance Learning
  
• Emerging and Future Tools/Trends
  
• Policy/Administration
  
• Professional Development
  
• Technology Infrastructure

Make plans now to register and attend. For complete information go to: http://www.gwetc.org. To receive a printed brochure, email: gwetc@ecb.state.wi.us or call: 608/264-9730. Include postal address.

The new issue of Teaching with Technology Today (TTT) is now on the Web at: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/.

Articles in this issue:

- Unlocking the Potential of Advanced Distributed Learning through Standards: Where does the UW System fit in? by Judy Brown and Ed Meachen, OLIT, UW System: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/jbrown.htm

- Universities, Napster, and the Challenge of MP3's by Glenda Morgan, OLIT, UW System: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/mp3.htm

- Book Review of Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom (1999) by R. Palloff and K. Pratt by M. Kayt Sunwood, UW-Superior, and Jane Henderson, UW-Stout: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/revpallo.htm

- UW Librarians Design Web-Based Research Tutorial by Debbie Cardinal, Wisconsin Library Services (WILS): http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/cardinal.htm